SOS: Bayleaf Going Under

[Guest guest]

Yesterday afternoon for the first time, I visited The Bayleaf Cafe in Palo

Alto (520 Ramona Street, 650-321-7466). The food was superb and the service

was also outstanding, in a very low-key, friendly way.

 

In conversation with staff, I learned that the restaurant is close to going

under, due to lack of business.

 

They've been in operation about a year and the marketing that they've

implemented so far has not been successful.

 

I don't live in Palo Alto (unfortunately, the roundtrip for me is more than

an hour) but it seems to me that there ought to be sufficient demand for

such a restaurant in that location (just off University).

 

It would be a great pity to lose The Bayleaf. If anyone has any ideas for

them, you may wish to contact them. I found this contact name and email

address through betterwhois.com: Cindy Liang <hanaliang.

 

(They have a Website at thebayleafcafe.com but there is no contact email

given there. I hope Cindy doesn't mind my sharing the info with you here,

in the interest of helping them.)

 

Please support this wonderful establishment. Those of you who have not yet

eaten there -- I would strongly urge you to visit asap. (Check the Website

and call in advance, to make sure they're open, as the hours are somewhat

irregular.) You'll be glad you did!

 

Daniel Berman,

Foster City

[Guest guest]

> Yesterday afternoon for the first time, I visited The Bayleaf

> Cafe in Palo Alto (520 Ramona Street, 650-321-7466). The food was superb

and

> the service was also outstanding, in a very low-key, friendly way.

>

> In conversation with staff, I learned that the restaurant is

> close to going under, due to lack of business.

 

> Please support this wonderful establishment.

 

Hi all,

 

A great way to support a veg establishment is to organize a dinner there.

This is actually a page out of Das' book, the founder of the former Bay Area

Vegetarian Restaurant Trek, " Thoughtfully spread vegetarianism, using the

power of economics " .

 

Bob has been hosting a *monthly* vegan dinner at his favorite restaurant,

New World in Oakland, for Bay Area Vegetarians for the past few months.

Chris and I have our favorite restaurant, Shangri-La in SF, and starting

next year we'll host a monthly vegan dinner there (more info on this later)

 

So, we've got monthly group vegan dinners in the East Bay & SF -- anyone

interested in hosting a monthly South Bay dinner for us (or any other

location)? This is a great way to support your favorite restaurant AND a

great way to meet other veg folks. So, if there is a veg restaurant that

you'd like to support with our collective vegetarian dining dollars, while

enjoying good food and fellowship at the same time, please email me about

organizing a monthly vegan dinner; you could co-host with a friend.

 

While Bay Area Vegetarians has 8 events planned for January, there are still

lots of open dates for YOUR event!

http://www.bayareaveg.org/events.php

 

Cheers,

Tammy

 

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